New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-27
BEHIND WITH IT'S WORK.
spECIAL SESSION UNAVOIDABLE.

A SPECIAL SESSION UNAVOIDABLE.
LEGISLATION KEPT BACK AGAIN BY TIE HOUSE,
EARNEST WORDS IN THE SENATE
IBY IELE5gAf.i ~ THE TRIBUNE
WASHINGTON, Feb 26.-When the House tonight
at o'clock took for an hour the indications
nron,sed a Ion. parliamentary struggle winch might,
continued caIi.e the failure OF OF the appr0pri-
ac,r bits aud make extra session OF tie Lab Con
p,ess inevitable. The arbitrary course on Speaker
IaulIs and Premier Morrison in throttling bulls and
preventing the consideration OF measures IN favor OF
which than majority OF the House may be
count-a aroused the Indignation OF some OF the
Represe aves, who declare that they are as good az
Spe ker Colonel Morrison and tbat neitner OF
the latter has right to smother bill brought forward
by tne 'epresenat Yes OF the people ana III wh.e IA
friends Educational bill declared that there sha
be vote tn 4 measure. or failing that, tnat inc
rropriiton hi IL should tail and the Administration
be conrO lied with an extra session OF Congress. ms
teenng OF ent and hostility Is not conhn"d Dy
any means To the Republican side OF the House Inc
arbitrary clOn of Speaker Carlisle in refusing to rec
ognze noLon suspend the rules 10 repeal the u x
on tobacco, we'll as The burning t., HIN III tue
Educational bill has angercd Demo cratic Representa-
tives from several the Southern States In add1on
10 this the Legislative bill W icb Mr. Holman wahteu
to proceed with this afternoon, contains some prov
SONS to- tie salarier and the educ ION
Of ecers which are unsatisfactory to certain Demo
ats The bill itself is subject TO MANY points Oh
orer and its opponents declare tha' tncy wiz .nn
advantage vf every one. After the recess was TAKEN
Mr. Holman said that the best I've could expect would
b. 10 have the House take recess 81 me tune TO night
until Monday morning.
MIR Beck. o member Of the Senate Appropriations
Committee declares his belief that II will be impossible
during the remaining DAYS OF this session to finish the
appropriation bills, 80
The matter OF appointments and combinations while
probably not sufficient OF itself to bring about a
special session of the Senate, contributes to the niu-
encvs which NAV produce called session. Inc
opinions respecting the Presidents power to appoint
the Inter state Commerce Commissioners DUNG a
recess OF the Senate wideIy different Mr. Ed
munds Mr. Puph. Mr.. Harris, and other Senators OF
prominence dec are without qualification that the
President has shallow of constitutional or legal
right 10 fill an otce newly created when thr sebafe
is not in session to give its advice and consent ana
that his power in the matter is limited to hng va
cancies temporarily which may happe u during Inc re-
cess 1t il held that should he do so they could not
quality draw their salaries or legally perform any
Mr. sherman is among those who hold that the In
terstate CONNIE &c Comm ssioners may be appointed
by the President after the adjournment OF tine Senate
and may hold hce until Congress regular session
shall act upon Their nominations the same as II inc
vacancy created by death or RESIGNATION
Friends of Attorney General Garland entertain no
doubt that he will take this view OF the called
up officially for opinion. This matter Is said 10
have been discussed and decided bv Attorney General
Devens in "a way to sustain 81 power OF the Pres-
dent appoint whenever he sees hit whether during
session or recess
While the Senate to-day was considering the Con
sular and Diplomatic bill Mr. Ilatt inquired OF Mr..
A -on, chairman OF the Committee on Appropriations
as to the condition OF the appropriation bills. ~
MIR. Allison said thai DULY one appropriation bill
the Army bil-had been signed by the President. The
ony other appropriation bills that bad been passed
both Houses were the Pension blu and the NJ ary
Academy bill The Post Office bill, the Ind an bill
the Sundry Civil bill and the District OF Columbia
bill all i'll conference lhe Legislative biil 'he
most important next to the SundTy Civil had not yet
been taken 10 for consideration by the House 81 hep
resontatves. The Naval bin under consioer
aron ip that body and had been Tor two or tnIer
leisure the House having ADJOURNED yesterday ~
Ala. The Deficiency bill had not yet been reported
TO the House nor had the Fertilization bill yet reached
Mr. Plat inquired to the Fertilization bill OF the
last session. IN,
ence The senate would that, if the Consular and
Dplom stic oilI and the Agricultural APPROPRIATION
bin were dist of to-day. it would not lie possible
in the oil things. Tor the APpropriatnr Com
mttee 10 let eore the Senate Monday or Tuesday
an, OF the appropriation bills that were still uhdi'
posed of in the House of Representatives.
Mr. Plat asked Mr. Allison II he believed possioie
for the Committee Appropriations TO give to The
tour appropriation bis-the Deficiency, Naval tortl
fcations and Legislative-that attention which they
Mr.. Allison did not believe it possible. The holding
hack of these bills he said they had been hello back
Mt this and other sessions resulted praccay IN the
House of Representatives controlling the legislation of
the country That had occurred. practically, two
wears ago when the Sundry Civil bill was not dis
posed Of unit the hour OF noon Oh the day Of tie In
auguration OF President Clcvelan
Mr. Platt.-There was then, general disposition on
the part OF the Senate that H. IN the future, these
grsat appropriation bills did not come 10 the senate
STeei ar ten day- be ore the close of the the
Senate would consider them. # possible; and II not
nos.;be that il would refuse to do So | TO know
whether the same disposition exists this year
Mr. Allison-I can only say that the ComInitee on
Appropr ,tions will take these hills MS they come Ia
us will give them the hest consideration possible ana
Will return them promptly to the senate for ITS ACTON
and consideration.
MIR Hale. Will not the Senator from Iowa also say
that the Commit ee on Appropriations and committees
on conference have indicated in the House their Will
ingness to spend day and night in laborng on these
bills
Mr. Allison.-We have and not only thai. but we
have been doing for some time past That Is ali
that care TO say in relation to these DIS